Improvement in coin-holders



UNITED STATES PATENT OEETGE.l

HENRY G. PEARSON,

0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,300, dated August 20, 1878; application filed August 6, 1378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. PEARsoN, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Goin-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in coin-holders; and the invention oonsists in a holder for containing coins in specific quantities, in order to render them more secure and convenient for handling or transmission through the mails or by express, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and arrangement, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms apartof this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the holder shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line x a: of the holder shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a front view, showing the holder provided with one hole, in which the locking-pin is placed. Fig. 5 is a central vertical longitudinal sect-ion of the holder shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a section taken on line y y of Figs. 4C and 5.

In the drawing, A represents the holder, which is constructed of wood or any other suitable material, and formed either square or round, as desired.

In the manufacture of this article the holder may be made of a square piece of wood, having two sides provided with elongated longitudinally-arranged slots B, and the other two sides provided with short slots C, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5 of drawing. Each side of the holder maybe provided with two or more slots, if desired.

The front of the holder is formed, up near the top and directly over the slot, with one or more countersinks, D, each having a hole, E,

extending back through the center of the countersink into the center bore F, as shown in Fig. 2 of drawing.'

Directly back of the holes E on the inside of the opposite side of the holder are made re cesses G, as shown in Fig. 2 of drawing. The object of this hole E and recess G is to receive a pin, H, for locking the coin in place.

In use the holder is lled wit-h coin upto the lower edge of either of the holes E. The pin H is then passed through the holeE back and into the recess Gr. The pin is now secured in place by filling the countersink with sealing-wax or any other suitable material.

In order to make the holder as light as possible, it may be provided with a series of holes, I, passing from one end of the holder to the other, and using, if desired, the circumfereir tial line of the bore F as a center to bore through, as shown in Fig. 3 of drawing.

The holder may be constructed with two or more bores, F, if desired, without departing from the spirit of the invention. This, how ever, is optional with the manufacturer.

The slots B in the side of the holder should extend down a little below the bottom of the bore F, as well as a little above the lowerpart of the upper hole E, as shown in Fig. 5 of drawing, in order that all the pieces of coin may be counted, or, in other words, viewed through the slots.

Having thus fully described miy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi The hereinbefore-described holder A, formed with slots B and C and countersinks D, and provided with a locking-pin, H, asshown and described'.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY G. PFARSON.

Witnesses:

LEwIs SUssMAN, T. It. BANNERMAN. 

